Garland, Texas demographics

Garland, TX demographics: median age 35.0; 25.4% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Garland city, Texas · Incorporated city · GEOID 4829000. The survey estimates a population of 246,844 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Garland is 35.0 years, with a 90% margin of error of 0.8 years. There are 81,954 households (±1,340). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	35.0 ±0.8	35.6 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 246,844
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Under 18	63,015 ±2,590	25.5% ±1.0 pp	25.0%	22.0%
18–34	60,435 ±2,359	24.5% ±1.0 pp	24.2%	22.8%
35–64	92,309 ±2,805	37.4% ±1.1 pp	37.4%	38.0%
65 and older	31,085 ±1,409	12.6% ±0.6 pp	13.4%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 246,844
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Male	122,048 ±1,789	49.4% ±0.7 pp	49.9%	49.5%
Female	124,796 ±1,817	50.6% ±0.7 pp	50.1%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 246,844
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
White alone	75,818 ±3,249	30.7% ±1.3 pp	48.5%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	37,372 ±2,698	15.1% ±1.1 pp	12.2%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	2,125 ±787	0.9% ±0.3 pp	0.7%	0.9%
Asian alone	28,116 ±2,296	11.4% ±0.9 pp	5.6%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	67 ±57 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race alone	20,903 ±2,416	8.5% ±1.0 pp	9.3%	7.1%
Two or more races	82,443 ±4,421	33.4% ±1.8 pp	23.5%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 246,844
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	134,007 ±3,418	54.3% ±1.4 pp	60.3%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	112,837 ±3,427	45.7% ±1.4 pp	39.7%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 81,954
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Married-couple family	42,506 ±1,198	51.9% ±1.2 pp	48.9%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	5,728 ±732	7.0% ±0.9 pp	5.4%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	13,208 ±1,103	16.1% ±1.3 pp	13.4%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	15,739 ±1,057	19.2% ±1.3 pp	26.2%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	4,773 ±568	5.8% ±0.7 pp	6.0%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 81,954
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Households with people under 18	29,946 ±1,013	36.5% ±1.1 pp	34.7%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	52,008 ±1,871	63.5% ±2.0 pp	65.3%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 81,954
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	15,739 ±1,057	19.2% ±1.3 pp	26.2%	28.7%
Two-person households	25,073 ±1,452	30.6% ±1.7 pp	31.4%	33.8%
Three-person households	15,170 ±971	18.5% ±1.1 pp	16.3%	15.3%
Four-person households	11,834 ±888	14.4% ±1.1 pp	14.2%	12.6%
Five-person households	8,068 ±837	9.8% ±1.0 pp	7.3%	5.9%
Six-person households	3,565 ±530	4.4% ±0.6 pp	2.9%	2.2%
Seven or more people	2,505 ±694	3.1% ±0.8 pp	1.7%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 246,844
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Native	168,492 ±2,872	68.3% ±1.2 pp	82.4%	85.9%
Foreign born	78,352 ±2,855	31.7% ±1.2 pp	17.6%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 231,359
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
English only	108,468 ±3,650	46.9% ±1.6 pp	64.9%	77.7%
Spanish	89,128 ±3,454	38.5% ±1.5 pp	28.1%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	594 ±307 · low precision	0.3% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	365 ±210 · low precision	0.2% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	1,113 ±370	0.5% ±0.2 pp	0.2%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	3,203 ±797	1.4% ±0.3 pp	1.7%	2.0%
Korean	312 ±146	0.1% ±0.1 pp	0.2%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	1,987 ±564	0.9% ±0.2 pp	0.7%	1.1%
Vietnamese	13,138 ±1,839	5.7% ±0.8 pp	0.9%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	1,750 ±599	0.8% ±0.3 pp	0.3%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	4,509 ±824	1.9% ±0.4 pp	1.1%	1.1%
Arabic	1,329 ±685 · low precision	0.6% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	5,463 ±1,259	2.4% ±0.5 pp	0.7%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 159,576
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	33,738 ±2,109	21.1% ±1.3 pp	14.0%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	41,706 ±1,899	26.1% ±1.1 pp	24.3%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	31,435 ±1,882	19.7% ±1.1 pp	20.1%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	12,120 ±959	7.6% ±0.6 pp	7.7%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	27,152 ±1,564	17.0% ±1.0 pp	21.5%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13,425 ±1,022	8.4% ±0.6 pp	12.3%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 244,619
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Same house	223,929 ±2,129	91.5% ±0.9 pp	86.0%	87.7%
Moved within same county	12,707 ±1,785	5.2% ±0.7 pp	7.4%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	4,506 ±781	1.8% ±0.3 pp	3.9%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	2,389 ±639	1.0% ±0.3 pp	2.0%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	1,088 ±444	0.4% ±0.2 pp	0.8%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

25.1% of Garland residents (±1.3 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 17.1% in Texas and 8.4% nationally. 94.9% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Garland	Texas	U.S.	Compared with Texas
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	25.1% ±1.3 pp	17.1%	8.4%	Higher
Households with a broadband subscription Households	94.9% ±0.6 pp	91.4%	91.0%	Higher
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	4.2% ±0.4 pp	6.2%	6.2%	Lower

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for Garland . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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